my problem was, that sticky articles are not marked in any form (version 2.5.2 of HESK). In the backend, while adding/editing articles, there is a very nice opportunity to stick articles / make them important (or unstick/unimportant).
I wanted a way to see the sticky articles in the reglar "customer" (also the "admin") view as well. I modified the code accordingly and sent it to Klemen. He suggested to post it to the forum - so: here it is.
How to install: you should be able to overwrite existing files. I uploaded a zip with correct directory structure - I hope I did not forget anything. (The article_text.pdn in the /img is created with the free paint.net (http://www.getpaint.net/) )
Download it from here: http://www.team-noehring.de/extern/hesk ... sticky.zip
It looks like this:

Suggestions? Comments?
Olaf
[Edit: added demo image]